Abal-Abal Beauty Products Noose, How To Avoid It?

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Previously we have proven that taking care of the beauty of the body is not an easy matter. Therefore, many people come to beauty clinics to take care of their beauty. The beauty care industry thrives. At issue are many people who try to take advantage of the niche business of treatments and cheap beauty products, but ignore its security. Voi's Signature Series "So Young Eternal" is next, about avoiding the noose of abal-abal beauty clinic.

There have been many examples of those who get snared seduction beauty products abal-abal. One of them even comes from instagram celebrity, Monica Indah.

Monica became a victim of breast fillers at an abal-abal beauty clinic in Jakarta. At the time, she was interested in doing breast fillers after seeing her friend's upload of a "celebrant."

Unfortunately not the ideal breast shape that Monica got, she instead became a victim of malpractice beauty clinic. 'Right now my right breast is deformed out of shape. On the left I don't know yet," Monica was quoted as saying by Detik.

At first Monica just wanted to keep this story tight. But then his heart was moved because for a long time he saw the victims of this beauty clinic more and more.

Monica admitted that it happened because she was not educated about the dangers of beauty clinics abal-abal. He said his case was like an iceberg phenomenon. Because, there are many other victims of malpractice cases of beauty clinics abal-abal. One of them is Seruni, a woman from Sengkang, South Sulawesi.

Seruni is interested in using the services of abal-abal beauty clinic because her efforts to eliminate acne never succeed. She was then tempted to do treatment to a beauty clinic in her area. But instead of recovering, Seruni's face instead suffered from abnormalities such as burning.

"When the treatment was I remember really smeared with cream that was very painful taste, until hot semuka and dikipasin with employees. Continued my inflamed acne dicungkil use a tool for blackhead gouging it until it must nahan pain. There was also a patient next to me who was crying," Seruni recalled.

Seruni claimed to have little information related to abal-abal beauty clinic. In the end, Seruni stopped visiting the beauty clinic. All sorts of supplements and creams from the clinic were discarded by Seruni. Therefore, Seruni turned to natural acne removal products. Nevertheless, acne scars are still left on his face.

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Danger but still tried

What Monica and Seruni experienced is arguably the result of their lack of knowledge about the dangers of abal-abal beauty products and clinics. But the fact is, nowadays there are still many people who still recklessly beautify themselves by visiting the clinic and using beauty products abal-abal. Why did that happen?

Psychologist Dya Adis Putri Rahmadanti said the root of the craze for beauty products is when portraits of women's beauty are associated with direct stature and white skin in the mass media. No doubt, clinics and beauty products abal-abal also mushroomed.

Senafas with that, as a large number of women are easily tempted by promotions. Then, it is compounded by those who are not economically strong so ignore which beauty products and clinics are genuine or abal.

As long as it's cheap, everything is tried. Therefore, in order not to be easily lured by abal-abal beauty care products and clinics, Dya suggests that women be pro-active in seeking information. Another step is to instill self love in yourself, which is to start accepting all the shortcomings in yourself.

"For example, all women are basically beautiful and have different beauties and can not be equalized, so when there is a perception out there that beauty is white, slim, and others, we will not have excessive desire and finally try skincare 'abal-abal' that has an instant effect, but is dangerous for the skin. We can accept ourselves as we are and do treatments according to the needs of our skin and financially we have," said Dya.

How to choose beauty products and clinics

Monica and Seruni's experience is a valuable experience so that we can choose clinics and beauty products more wisely. Then how do I find out which clinics and beauty products are not abal-abal? To answer that Beautiful Beauty Doctor Roswita Sari has the answer.

We start from choosing safe beauty products. According to Indah, no doctor can judge the naked eye a beauty product such as acne cream is dangerous or not. After all, there are specialized institutions or labolatoriums that have the competence to check the danger level of an acne cream. However, that must be judged precisely where someone buys the cream from.

"What we have to value is where we buy the cream from. If the cream is a blend by a doctor, the buyer should be skeptical. Find out who the doctor is, is it a doctor or not?" said Indah contacted VOI.

While what needs to be considered according to Indah is where we get the beauty products. "Because, there is no way a doctor who has been sworn to harm his patients. Certainly for a blend labeled blue, a doctor should prescribe the blend to the pharmacist. Afterwards, the patient is monitored by the doctor until when to apply the blended cream."

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Another with facial care products (skincare) labeled Food and Drug Control Agency (BPOM). Indah invites people to always be skeptical by checking in advance the BPOM label displayed on the product through the BPOM Mobile application. From there it will be seen which products have been registered and have not been registered. If it is not already registered, wisely do not be reckless to try.

Indah also added that people who will do acne nurses, should understand the side effects of different acne creams. Acne creams containing retinoid content -- a derivative of vitamin A -- for example. In some people who are first time wearing creams containing retinoids, red-red like acne will appear on their face. Usually, this effect will improve over the next 6-8 weeks. In some cases, this effect sometimes does not appear in some people.

However, before that, we need to know if the red-red is due to the effects of retinoids, or indeed because of unhealthy skin. Moreover, human skin is dynamic. The skin can change depending on food, stress, adequate sleep, and often not consuming fruit. Indah also emphasizes to reject all forms of creams containing mercury, because it is very dangerous for the body. If you are still confused, then choose a beauty clinic that has a practice license issued by the local health office.

"If the beauty clinic is owned by a doctor who has a practice license issued by the local health office, or a clinic entrepreneur who has a doctor who has a Practice License (SIP) in the clinic is ensured safe. Because the clinic must have a complete license. Such as clinic permits, pharmacist permits, pharmaceutical installation permits, nurse permits, and waste permits. On the contrary, if you do not have permission, especially not the doctor, of course it is abal-abal," indah added.